The next day, Gao Yuan was awakened by the huge bell in the attic above his head. When he opened his eyes and looked at the scenery outside the window, the sky outside the window was still gray. He thought that if it weren't for the heavy rain, it would probably be bright and beautiful at this moment.

The sunlight has already passed through the window and shone into the room.

Martha Hyde and Gao Yuan were right last night. When the innkeeper rings the big bell hanging at the top of the attic, it is indeed easy to disturb the guests staying in the rooms below.

The huge bell echoed in his ears. Gao Yuan felt that it could no longer be described as just noisy, it was simply deafening.

Putting on the dragon scale armor that had become fresh and dry again, Gao Yuan opened the door and walked out of the room.

When he walked down the decaying stairs on the second floor of the inn and arrived at the dining hall, Ser Anda Royce, the eldest son of Bronze Yohn, had already led many knights from the Arryn Valley to sit at various tables to enjoy breakfast.

Seeing Gao Yuan finally come out of the room, Sir Anda excitedly raised his hand to greet Gao Yuan: "Come here, Lord Gao Yuan!"

The dining hall of Xianglong Inn is very long and "very well ventilated". Gao Yuan can even smell the smell of fresh mud coming from the window.

On one side of the hall, rows of oak barrels are neatly placed, while on the other side is a burning stove. The waiter is busy running between the tables with a bunch of barbecue forks in his hand; Mrs. Martha

She was serving barley beer from an oak barrel to the guests. The tobacco she was chewing in her mouth seemed to never stop for a moment.

Every table was packed with seats. Villagers from the Riverlands and guests from all over the Seven Kingdoms crowded together to eat at the same table. The muscular blacksmith huddled in the corner against the wall, just because there was a Seven Gods sitting next to him.

The monks who teach and the wandering knights with beards are whispering to the merchants traveling in the Seven Kingdoms, exchanging various gossips along the King's Road.

Sir Anda specially reserved a place for Gao Yuan next to him. He stood up and respectfully greeted Gao Yuan to sit down: "Sir Gao Yuan, what do you want to eat? The barbecue in this inn tastes pretty good. Do you want another pure cup?"

barley beer?"

"Forget about beer, your mouth will be filled with the dregs of the wine trough. Compared to this crudely made beer, I still prefer the summer red from Dorne." Gao Yuan glanced at the wine glass in front of Sir Anda,

Then he shook his head, "You can have barbecue. I smelled the aroma of barbecue in the room just now. The smell almost made my mouth water."

Upon hearing this, Sir Anda hurriedly called Mrs. Martha over. After ordering breakfast for Gao Yuan, he sat back next to Gao Yuan again, except that most of his buttocks were exposed outside the bench.

As soon as Sir Anda sat down, Gao Yuan asked him: "Where did your father, Earl Yohn, go? I didn't see your father in this hall. He disappeared early in the morning?"

"Don't we have to stay in this inn for one more day? My father took this opportunity to take Robert to a nearby village for shopping. We may not be able to come back until the evening." Sir Anda replied truthfully, "Here

We are still about a week away from King's Landing, so we have to prepare some dry food and water for the road, and buy some rainproof oil-paper raincoats when we come back."

"I'm afraid this damn heavy rain won't stop recently, so we have to prepare in advance for this." Sir Anda complained, "According to my father, this is a sign that summer is about to end.

After the rain ends, the long winter will soon come."

"I don't know how long this winter will last." The expression on Sir Anda's face looked a little worried.

"We don't need to worry unfounded. It's still a long time before winter comes, so why do you have to worry about things that haven't happened yet? As long as we prepare in advance and store enough food and firewood, then we

Everyone can survive the coming winter safely." Gao Yuan smiled and enlightened Sir Anda.

"However, no one knows how long this winter will last." Sir Anda munched on the barbecue in front of him, "I heard that Lord Gao Yuan has sent a large number of caravans from the canyon.

..."

"Shut up..." Hearing this, Gao Yuan immediately stopped him sternly and quietly, preventing Sir Anda from continuing, "When your father mentioned this matter to you, didn't he warn you not to

Did you disclose these things to anyone?"

Gao Yuan raised his head and quietly scanned the surrounding diners. Seeing that there was no reaction on their faces and no eyes turned here, he turned back to look at Sir Anda who was a little confused. Sir Anda was scolded by Gao Yuan.

He quickly shrank his neck.

"The reason why your father, Earl Yohn, told you this is because you are the heir to the Royce family in Runestone City." Gao Yuan emphasized the importance of this matter to Sir Anda again.

"Even your brother Sir Robert knows nothing about this matter. If you can't even keep this secret and leak my plan. I don't mind asking Lord Yohn to reconsider his successor.

Is it really reliable?" Gao Yuan warned the other party sternly.

"Your father may send you to Castle Black on the Great Wall in order to let Sir Robert inherit his family, but instead take over the duties of the Night's Watch from your other brother, Waymar Royce."

Sir Anda seemed to be frightened after being warned by Gao Yuan. He nodded to Gao Yuan like a chicken pecking at rice, and then solemnly assured him: "Lord Gao Yuan, I can assure you that I will never interact with you again.

People are talking about it.”

"Because of my recklessness and negligence, I almost caused you to suffer losses. For this, I have to solemnly apologize to you." As he said this, Sir Anda stood up from his seat and bowed to Gao Yuan to apologize, but was stopped by Gao Yuan.

Come down.

This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Just kidding, originally this matter did not attract the attention of others in this hall. If Sir Anda stood up and bowed to himself and apologized, wouldn't it be a big deal?

It immediately attracted the attention of everyone present.

"You just need to remember the promise you made to me today. As for whether you are really sorry in your heart, it cannot be proved by just apologizing." Considering that Sir Anda just made a slip of the tongue, he did not really express himself.

His plan was revealed to others, and after beating him up, the matter ended there, and Gao Yuan did not intend to continue pursuing it.

Martha Hyde, who was still chewing tobacco leaves, came to their dining table and carefully placed a large plate of barbecue in front of Gao Yuan: "Dear Sir, please use it slowly."

After watching Mrs. Martha leave, and once again confirming that no one in the hall was looking at him and the others, Gao Yuan turned his head to look at Sir Anda, and asked in a low voice: "You have been sitting in this hall this morning.

Did you hear anyone talk about what happened in the King's Road last night?"

"Or maybe someone is asking you for information about this matter."

Sir Anda immediately frowned when he heard this, and he replied seriously: "Everyone in this inn was talking about this matter this morning, and many people said they were on the King's Road heading to King's Landing.

, found the bodies dumped carelessly in the bushes on the roadside."

"Those who had seen the corpses on the King's Road said that the party that was attacked on the King's Road was the Clegane team, because they found among the corpses three embroidered swords of House Clegane.

The yellow banner of the Black Dog, the heraldic banner of House Clegane."

"There are still some people who went to Martha Hyde to inquire about the news. They now know that we came to stay late last night." Sir Anda continued to report to Gao Yuan, "So some people with bad intentions found us in the morning.

We want to get close to us, and it seems we want to get some useful information from us."

"How did you answer them?" Gao Yuan's expression was a little solemn. The King's Road almost runs through the entire continent of Westeros from south to north. Even in normal times, countless travelers and merchants travel to and from this Westeros every day.

On the most important main traffic road in Telo Continent.

Not to mention that now is the critical moment for King's Landing City to hold the Prime Minister's Tournament. On this only road to King's Landing City, countless people pass by here every day.

Although he had already made preparations for the bodies of Demon Mountain and his followers to be discovered, what he never expected was that just one night later, everyone knew the news.

This shows how quickly news spreads on this busy King's Road.

"I told them that it rained really hard on the King's Road last night, so we were busy driving and didn't find the bodies lying on the roadside at all." Sir Anda said, "I also told them that we were also driving today.

I only got the news after I woke up in the morning."

"It is said that the first people to find those corpses on the King's Road were those from the Frey family in the Twin River City." Sir Anda pointed with his finger. A large group of people were sitting in the corner wearing blue steel chainmail and silver-gray shoulders.

The cloaked men have the twin towers emblem of House Frey embroidered on their shoulders.

"This morning in this hall, the Freys swore to those who asked for information that they discovered the Mountain in the Clegane team that was attacked on the King's Road.

The charred corpse of Ser Gregor Clegane."

Sir Anda continued to narrate to Gao Yuan, "Although the corpse was now burned beyond recognition and had its head decapitated, they still recognized the Magic Mountain through the tall size of the burned corpse."

After saying that, Sir Anda looked at the people dining around with some worry. Most of them carried swords with them. Some of Sir Anda had guilty consciences, and now everyone seemed to have bad intentions. Even these people would

His attention was focused on the plate in front of him.

On the other hand, Gao Yuan still looked calm and calm. In order to prevent the anxious Sir Anda from showing his flaws in front of others, Gao Yuan began to comfort him: "We didn't do too much on those corpses last night.

In fact, there was no time to deal with them at that time, and they were just dumped in the bushes on the roadside."

"It was only a matter of time before those bodies in the bushes were discovered." Gao Yuan comforted, "I had already expected this. After last night's heavy rain, I believe that all the clues related to us at the scene have been washed away.

It’s clean.”

"Therefore, Sir Anda, you don't need to worry, they will link the attack on the Magic Mountain last night with us. Even if they suspect that we attacked the Magic Mountain team, they can't produce any evidence. No one

Dare to accuse a powerful Duke without any conclusive evidence, even if that person is the current king." Gao Yuan smiled and let Sir Anda eat in peace.

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After having breakfast in the hall, Gao Yuan returned to his room alone. Originally, Sir Anda had invited Gao Yuan to participate in Sivas, the Canyon Knight's favorite military flag game, but Gao Yuan refused.

Unlike these Canyon Knights who stay in the inn doing nothing, even on the way to King's Landing, Gao Yuan, as the guardian of the East, still has many things waiting for him to complete.

For example, redesigning the defense layout of Arryn Valley; basic structural reform of the canyon army; army offensive strategy between the Riverlands and King's Landing, etc...

All in all, Gao Yuan was very busy. He was so busy that he even missed lunch time. It was Sir Anda who arranged for someone to send lunch and some snacks to Gao Yuan's room, which prevented him from coming back to his senses.

Sometimes I'm hungry.

It wasn't until the dinner bell rang in the inn that Gao Yuan walked out of the room to find Sir Anda and others. While they were waiting for dinner to be served to the table, Gao Yuan, who was still immersed in his strategic plan, remembered that he

The real purpose of staying two nights in this inn.

He suddenly stood up and looked around the entire dining hall, hoping to find Lady Catelyn and Winterfell coach Sir Rodrik who were also passing through and staying overnight.

It was a pity that Gao Yuan did not find the figure of Mrs. Caitlin who was secretly traveling north in disguise among these diners.

Martha Hyde once again served dinner to the knights in the canyon. Just as Gao Yuan was enjoying the barbecue in front of him, suddenly a slender figure in a gray robe stood beside Gao Yuan.

Next to him, stood a short, fat, middle-aged man with a big white beard.

Gao Yuan raised his head with some doubts, and saw the familiar face of Mrs. Caitlin suddenly appeared in front of him. This really meant that Cao Cao, Cao Cao was here.

"Kate..." Gao Yuan pretended to be a little surprised and shouted.

Seeing that Gao Yuan was about to shout out his name, Mrs. Caitlin quickly made a shushing gesture to Gao Yuan, which stopped him from actually shouting.
To be continued...